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Just Like Us
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Author : Helen Thorpe
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009
Just Like Us written by Helen Thorpe and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
"Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream.
Children Just Like Me
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Author : Barnabas Kindersley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-09-01
Children Just Like Me written by Barnabas Kindersley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-01 with Children categories.
Just Like Us
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Author : Caitlin E. Lawson
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2022-12-09
Just Like Us written by Caitlin E. Lawson and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-09 with Social Science categories.
In Just Like Us: Digital Debates on Feminism and Fame, Caitlin E. Lawson examines the rise of celebrity feminism, its intersections with digital culture, and its complicated relationships with race, sexuality, capitalism, and misogyny. Through in-depth analyses of debates across social media and news platforms, Lawson maps the processes by which celebrity culture, digital platforms, and feminism transform one another. As she analyzes celebrity-centered stories ranging from “The Fappening” and the digital attack on actress Leslie Jones to stars’ activism in response to #MeToo, Lawson demonstrates how celebrity culture functions as a hypervisible space in which networked publics confront white feminism, assert the value of productive anger in feminist politics, and seek remedies for women’s vulnerabilities in digital spaces and beyond. Just Like Us asserts that, together, celebrity culture and digital platforms form a crucial discursive arena where postfeminist logics are unsettled, opening up more public, collective modes of holding individuals and groups accountable for their actions.
Just Like Us
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Author : Helen Thorpe
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-09-22
Just Like Us written by Helen Thorpe and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-22 with Social Science categories.
In this eye-opening and poignant true story about the experiences of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver—two who have legal documentation, two who don’t—Helen Thorpe “puts a human face on a frequently obtuse conversation” (O, The Oprah Magazine), exploring themes of identity and friendship and exposing the reality of life for many undocumented immigrants seeking the American dream. Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom in Denver, Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all four want to live the American dream, but only two have documents. As the girls attempt to make it into college, they discover that only the legal pair sees a clear path forward. Their friendships start to divide along lines of immigration status. Then the political firestorm begins. A Mexican immigrant shoots and kills a police officer. The author happens to be married to the Mayor of Denver, a businessman who made his fortune in the restaurant business. In a bizarre twist, the murderer works at one of the Mayor’s restaurants—under a fake Social Security number. A local Congressman seizes upon the murder as proof of all that is wrong with American society and Colorado becomes the place where national arguments over immigration rage most fiercely. The rest of the girls’ lives play out against this backdrop of intense debate over whether they have any right to live here. Just Like Us is a coming-of-age story about girlhood and friendship, as well as the resilience required to transcend poverty. It is also a book about identity—what it means to steal an identity, what it means to have a public identity, what it means to inherit an identity from parents. The girls, their families, and the critics who object to their presence allow the reader to watch one of the most complicated social issues of our times unfurl in a major American city. And the perspective of the author gives the reader insight into both the most powerful and the most vulnerable members of American society as they grapple with the same dilemma: Who gets to live in America? And what happens when we don’t agree?
Just Like Us
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Author : Rosie Guss
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date :
Just Like Us written by Rosie Guss and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Just Like Us
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Author : David Gurney
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2012
Just Like Us written by David Gurney and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Just like Us is a vivid snapshot of the possible reactions of no fewer than twenty-one characters who came into contact with Jesus of Nazareth. It ranges over a wide spectrum of individuals, from Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, to Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles. The studies are clustered around the birth of Jesus, his death, and his resurrection, and they afford a fascinating glimpse of how representatives from every walk of life, from kings to fishermen, could have responded to the unique personality of the most influential person in history.
Just Like Us
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Author : Craig Sodaro
language : en
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Release Date : 1995
Just Like Us written by Craig Sodaro and has been published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Children's plays categories.
Just Like Us
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Author : Thomas Borstelmann
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-05
Just Like Us written by Thomas Borstelmann and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with History categories.
Americans have long considered themselves a people set apart, but American exceptionalism is built on a set of tacit beliefs about other cultures. From the founding exclusion of indigenous peoples and enslaved Africans to the uneasy welcome of waves of immigrants, from republican disavowals of colonialism to Cold War proclamations of freedom, Americans’ ideas of their differences from others have shaped the modern world—and how Americans have viewed foreigners is deeply revealing of their assumptions about themselves. Just Like Us is a pathbreaking exploration of what foreignness has meant across American history. Thomas Borstelmann traces American ambivalence about non-Americans, identifying a paradoxical perception of foreigners as suspiciously different yet fundamentally sharing American values beneath the layers of culture. Considering race and religion, notions of the American way of life, attitudes toward immigrants, competition with communism, Americans abroad, and the subversive power of American culture, he offers a surprisingly optimistic account of the acceptance of difference. Borstelmann contends that increasing contact with peoples around the globe during the Cold War encouraged mainstream society to grow steadily more inclusive. In a time of resurgent nativism and xenophobia, Just Like Us provides a reflective, urgent examination of how Americans have conceived of foreignness and their own exceptionalism throughout the nation’s history.
For People Just Like Us
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Author : Robert Mueller
language : en
Publisher: CSS Publishing
Release Date : 1986-06
For People Just Like Us written by Robert Mueller and has been published by CSS Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-06 with Christmas categories.
Just Like Me
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Author : Vanessa Brantley-Newton
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2020-01-14
Just Like Me written by Vanessa Brantley-Newton and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to readers of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them. I am a canvas Being painted on By the words of my family Friends And community From Vanessa Brantley-Newton, the author of Grandma's Purse, comes a collection of poetry filled with engaging mini-stories about girls of all kinds: girls who feel happy, sad, scared, powerful; girls who love their bodies and girls who don't; country girls, city girls; girls who love their mother and girls who wish they had a father. With bright portraits in Vanessa's signature style of vibrant colors and unique patterns and fabrics, this book invites readers to find themselves and each other within its pages. "A dynamic, uplifting, and welcoming world of girls."--Kirkus "Thoughtful, inclusive, and celebratory"--Publishers Weekly "Bursting with positivity, this would be a great book to use in primary school classrooms when discussing issues of friendship, diversity, and self-esteem."--Booklist